auburn last night. after player introductions, they couldn't get the normal lights back on, so they just started the game with the red lights they use in the pregame which looked really weird. but after 30 seconds, refs said we can't prlay like this. they stopped the game and about 19 minutes they waited until the normal lights finally came back on. all the fans there in tuscaloosa cheering. they got to go home happy, they upset auburn 79-75. and coco gauff's run at the aussie open coming to an end. she lost in two tough sets to sabalenka. her first loss of 2024. i'm thinking that she'll still have an amazing year. >> i bet she does. would love to see her, you know, keep her going. best of luck to her going forward. andy, thanks very much for that. and thanks to all of you for joining us. i'm kasie hunt. don't go anywhere. "cnn this morning" starts right now.

♪ good morning, everyone, so glad you're with us, i'm poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. will he or won't he? we are about to find out whether donald trump will take the stand to testify in the e. jean carol defamation trial. the former president is expected in court in a couple of hours. nikki haley in her home state fighting for a path forward, questioning trump's fitness for office and issuing him a challenge he's not likely to accept. leaders in qatar blasting benjamin netanyahu, accusing the israeli prime minister of disrupting peace talks, the latest recording that triggered the fire storm. donald trump going scorched earth on nikki haley as their rivalry really escalates, while president biden looks ahead to a likely rematch with trump this morning. trump is accusing to campaign

from the courtroom, once again. a couple of hours from now, he'll be in the defamation trial, here in new york city. he could potentially take the stand. a jury is weighing how much trump will have to pay in damages for smearing his rape accuser, e. jean carol. >> trump ramped on his social media platform, he called carol's accusations a hoax and the judge a 100% trump hater. overnight, he also unleashed on nikki haley, threatening to blacklist donors if they keep giving her money at all. haley firing back at trump and his victory speech in new hampshire, the one where he called her an imposter and made fun of her dress. >> donald trump got out there and just threw a temper tantrum. out of everything that he said in his rant, he didn't talk about the american people once. he talked about revenge. we're going to see the same

thing we saw in 2018, in 2020, in 2022. if you've lost three times, what makes you think the fourth time is going to be different. >> haley and trump train their fire on one another, president biden is on the campaign trail in wisconsin today. a little bit of an important state to highlight the economy and millions of jobs created under this administration. joining us live where we start in charleston, south carolina, nikki haley says she's in it for the long haul. i wonder what you're hearing on the ground? >> reporter: this may be nikki haley's backyard, but after talking to voters, south carolina is, in fact, donald trump's playground. the haley campaign insists it's not going anywhere. they're up with ads, a $4 million buy, and of course there was the rally last night. not too far from where i am

standing where she had energy at her home coming of sorts and took donald trump on head on. >> what a great crowd. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> reporter: republican presidential candidate nikki haley returning to her home state of south carolina, shifting her focus to the state's upcoming primary. >> this is a choice between more of the same or going forward. >> reporter: after another decisive loss to former president donald trump in tuesday's new hampshire primary. >> we'll head out to south carolina where i think we're going to win easily. >> reporter: haley firing back at her gop rival, criticizing his new hampshire victory speech. >> and then donald trump got out there and just threw a temper tantrum. he pitched a fit. he was insulting. >> reporter: highlighting his gaffe, confusing her with former house speaker nancy pelosi. >> somebody's got to tell him, i

wasn't there on january 6th. >> and doubling down on calls for trump to participate in gop primary debates. >> bring it, donald, show me what you got. >> reporter: haley is looking to energize voters in the state that elected her governor twice, but trump putting pressure on haley's biggest supporters posting a message saying anyone who contributes to haley will be quote permanently barred from the maga camp. here at coastal coffee roasters in summerville, a cup of coffee, this time of year comes with a splash of politics. >> it's been a rough few years. >> reporter: with the palmetto state's republican primary less than a month away, voters here over and over again told us they have already made their choice. >> donald trump 200%. >> i'll be voting for donald trump. >> reporter: support for trump remains strong with republicans in south carolina despite his legal troubles and the fact it's now a one-on-one race with their former governor. >> i think trump is a stronger

presidential figure than she is. >> i think she should drop out, apologize to president trump and join forces so we can try to save this country. >> reporter: voters frequently citing trump's long list of high profile south carolina endorsements. >> this election is over. >> reporter: none more than senator tim scott who was appointed by haley in 2012. >> i think there's going to be a surprise. i think trump's going to landslide it, i do, with tim scott backing him, i do. >> reporter: but not everyone is ready to forfeit the race. stephanie bennett says she's technically undecided, but likes haley. >> her track record as the governor here, and then what she did in the united nations. >> reporter: she's worried in a month her vote won't matter. >> i wonder if people aren't going to go into it with a preconceived notion of he's already won. that is a fear. like, get out and vote. i don't think he's already won because i don't think he has. >> reporter: a similar concern

about half an hour down the road from william cogsville, the first republican elected as mayor of charleston in a century. >> there seems to be the attitude it's a fore gone conclusion. i think she brings a breath of fresh air, and i think our country needs that. >> reporter: now, the mayor of charleston did endorse nikki haley back in november. he tells me that he still believes in her campaign, and look, i spoke to some of the haley supporters here in the low country over the past couple of days. they tell me that while they are still supporting her, there is a slight concern among some of them that if, in fact, she's beaten in a landslide in her home state by donald trump that they worry it could potentially impact her future political aspirations. poppy, phil. >> always good to hear from the voters on the ground. >> let's bring in senior political analyst and anchor. >> jon: -- john avlon, s.e.

cupp. the threat, scorched earth from trump, which is telegraphed, the idea, the truth, is that what we call it, truth bomb, yes, that's the proper terminology, anybody that makes a contribution to bird brain from this moment forth will be barred from the maga camp. hardball politics is not rare. behind the scenes people say, if you donate to somebody, we're not going to help you, but this is out in the open and full blown war. >> and getting kicked out of the club, right. the club has currency. the club is important for the republican party. if you want a future in the republican party and don't want to be adam kinzinger or liz cheney looking in from the outside, you want to stay in the club. however, if you have principles, if you meant what you said, tim scott, when you said we could choose grievance or greatness, if you meant that, you could say, listen, i'm not endorsing

this. i think it's time to move on, and kind of take your chances. no one wants to lose. no one wants to lose their job, and it's so craven and small, but that's where the republican party is at right now. >> i wonder what you think, mike, she hasn't spent the money in south carolina that she spent in new hampshire. she talked about raising a million bucks, largely from donors under $200. it's not like desantis where she has a job she needs to get back to running a state. >> my state, the state where i live. it's so interesting that you say that, poppy, because here's the big rub for nikki haley right now, and i talked to somebody familiar with her campaign, it's that they haven't spent the money, like you said in south carolina. they put the chips into the new hampshire basket. the spending, e-mail blasts, campaigns, all of the stuff they did in new hampshire they haven't started to do in other states. they feel that they can have momentum going into south carolina, like you said.

>> they just spent 4 million on an ad buy in south carolina that started yesterday. they are serious about south carolina. they're serious about michigan. i talked to the campaign yesterday. this is real for them. it's not just because they want to win. it's because every time you see that trump has not coalesced the party, that 40% of people in new hampshire voted for someone else, that 49% of people in iowa picked someone other than trump, that means she lives another day, and gives hope to all the trump alternative voters who want someone else. >> i think the underlying issue, first of all, the analysis about the primaries was a little bit off from the beginning which is that trump was an incumbent, even though it was a crowded field. now nikki haley has a two-person race. she's liberated that. not only campaigning has made her better but she's taken punches at trump, which all of the candidates should have been doing earlier on, chris christie, may his campaign rest in peace, and now i think the challenge is getting a win in

south carolina is tough for nikki haley. she's sending the message about open primaries. you get the retribution for donald trump, the cult like tactics, if you don't rally around us now, we'll punish you then. she has to have the courage of her convictions, the party is divided over donald trump, she can coalesce that and try. >> just to that point, look, we all just watched that package. there's a woman that says she may have been influenced or worried about other voters are influenced. we watched in a state where 40% are undeclared. the most favorable to reign. that is so well said, poppy. >> i got the words out at 6:10 in the morning. >> that is the biggest issue. you go to more conservative leaning states, you're not going to make it to super tuesday. if you can't win the state where it's kind of a lay up in essence, a -- >> a million small donors in the wake of new hampshire not nothing.

that's a sign there's oxygen. there's a supply and a demand for this campaign. >> and the woman who you're referencing, the perception that it's over, i mean, i feel like the media plays into that too, when we sit here and say, it's over, or, you know, she can't win in new hampshire, she can't win anywhere else. she has made a convinced case that enough republican moderate independent voters want someone else. there's an audience for her. if there weren't, she wouldn't have the money. she wouldn't have the runway, she wouldn't have the momentum. there's a buyer for nikki haley still. just because we're telling her it's over, she's supposed to say to all of those buyers, sorry, i'm leaving. >> i'm going to be the latest person to go kiss the ring and take the knee, which is what republicans dor which is why we're in this mess. >> john kasich, is a perfect example, 2016, you go to ohio, win the state where you were the governor. she can't win that, what happens on february 25th? what's the conversation like on

february 25? do you wait until super tuesday after losing south carolina. >> if she's got nothing to lose, and she still has buyers, so what. she can keep going for a growing audience, an audience that might grow if every time there's a primary, actually the party isn't coalesced around trump. that's not true. that's a narrative. that's his spend. and by the way, joe biden's spin because it's beneficial to joe biden to get nikki out of the race. he wants to face trump. >> to your point, campaigns can't finance themselves. she's still raising, she can go into super tuesday, no question. but what she did last night was a very kind of balanced approach to not going full light the world on fire, but lay some attacks down that people hadn't been laying in the past. there's one of the other. the rubio, i'm about to lose, so

i'm going to say all the things about trump, and kiss the ring and endorse him again, and inevitably they end up losing and kissing the ring. she had a balanced approach, but is it, what i think isn't going to carry the day. but should. >> obviously. >> first of all, i think the contrast to that ritual is humiliation cycle that republicans put themselves through. >> we've seen it a thousand teams. >> it's pathetic and groveling. standing on stage with a sense of humor, be a happy warrior, take the fight to him. how do you de-radicalize somebody. this is an important concept. you need to create a clear alternative and remind people of what their original values were. sometimes the direct attacks can backfire because people are so invested, they lose face when they admit they have been wrong. nikki haley is showing swagger on the stage. that's helpful. you always want to be a happy

warrior in politics. the broader message is you need to build a broad coalition to defend academic. nikki haley is making that pitch. it's about independents and moderates, and donald trump repels them, rightly. >> maybe one of the only people that can sort of sidestep the great emasculation of the gop by donald trump is a woman. maybe just maybe nikki haley has more balls than the rest of us. >> title of your next book, s.e.? >> we'll see. >> i want to keep this going but i also want to end it here. benjamin netanyahu getting slammed by leaders in qatar, the leaked recording that triggered the criticism. the sun is not up but boy was it a day yesterday. divided senate, senate republicans can't seem to come together on a border security deal. >> chuck schumer's enemies in congress are conservatives in the senate and are house

republican leadership, and sadly, mitch mcconnell's enemies are conservatives in the senate and house republican leadership.

. well, this just in, the united nations says the number of people killed after one of its shelters in southern gaza was hit yesterday has risen to

12. 75 other people injured. the official says part of the center was hit by two shells, it caught fire. that is a facility that shelters thousands of people. the idf says it has currently, quote, ruled out that israeli forces caused the incident. the white house, i should note, says it is quote, gravely concerned. they will continue seeking information on what led to that. we have breaking news overnight from the middle east, a leaked audio recording allegedly captured israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu criticizing the gulf nation of qatar, which has been central, a key intermediary in the israel hamas war. the recording aired on israeli television, a voice believed to be netanyahu's calls qatar problematic, saying it's not doing enough to pressure hamas. qatar's foreign ministry called the remarks appalling, went on to say, if the israeli prime minister would only be obstructing and undermining the mediation process for reasons that appear to surface his political career instead of

prioritizing innocent lives, including israeli hostages. really stunning audio, clearly k qatar, which has played the central role in the hostage negotiations is anything but pleased. >> it is rather miffed, isn't it, poppy, and these comments that came out, it wasn't just that netanyahu seemed to be blaming the qataris for slow progress in getting the hostages released and saying to the families that they need to put more pressure on the qataris, at the same time, he said he was angry with the u.s. for renewing its contract for the military base in qatar, and had told the americans that as well. that caused a strong rebuke from the qataris, and now we've got an official statement from the israelis replying to that saying not really backing down, saying israel works with qatar as a mediator with hamas as a release of the hostages, due to the close ties with the murderous

terrorist organization, it is well aware of the complexity involved. no apologies there, and you know, love him or hate him and according to opinion polls, more israelis are in the latter camp, love him or hate him, netanyahu is neither naive or stupid. it's hard to imagine he wouldn't have thought this conversation or these word could have been recorded and this wouldn't have resulted in a rebuke from qatar. perhaps he was trying to deflect blame because he is widely blamed or perhaps he was trying to appeal to his base. >> notably no denial in the statement you read. the international court of justice says it will deliver its ruling on whether israel has committed genocide in gaza in response to the legal action brought by south africa. this is a huge story, for people who haven't been paying close attention, how is this likely to play out? >> so first of all, there's a much lower bar for this provisional ruling that we're expecting tomorrow. it doesn't mean that israel has

necessarily committed genocide, just it thinks it has a case to answer and it could issue a provisional ruling that israel sthou should end the war. let's not forget it has no power to stay that to hamas, therefore isn't a state or party to a convention on genocide. either way, israel, if it has held to be, that it does need took forward with the claims and face these accusations, it will just ignore the ruling. what it could do is give sucker to those criticizing israel's activity in the war, but i don't think it's going to change anything on the ground overall. >> it could put a lot of pressure on the white house in terms of what they say about all of this and the wording it uses. thanks for the reporting on both fronts. a year ago, moms for liberty had a group on hundreds of school boards across the country. today that group is dealing with a major scandal. how they got there, that's ahead. and the moment an oklahoma highway trooper was struck.

it's horrifying. you see him walk up to the stopped car, and 14 seconds later, another car crashes into them. the trooper was launched backwards, was able to get up and run away from the scene. we're told all three people involved this this crash are okay. thankfully. they were all treated and released. the investigation is ongoioing. stunnining video.. we'll be rigight back.

it's a wild story that has been rattling conservative politics the last several months. the right wing group facing accelerated push back. and after school board candidates and endorsed suffered big losses late last year. moms for liberty has been involved in clashes over how race and gender issues are discussed in classrooms while pushing for book bans in schools across the country. casino the cloud has been hanging over the group for a while now, the electoral losses and the wild personal life issues they have been dealing with. what's happening now? >> moms for liberty is facing these new questions and increased pushback from parents and educators and teachers who feel the group's influence on school districts across the country, the grip they have had on them isn't exactly what it used to be. >> masks do not work. >> just a year ago, moms for

liberty was wielding power over hundreds of school boards across the country. wan waging a cultural war, garnering support from presidential candidates. >> the radical marxists, you're the best thing that's happened to america. >> the joyful warriors as they call themselves, uniting moms around the nation to join forces. >> we are also warriors meaning if someone is demonstrably harming our children, we are going to come together to fight to protect them. >> reporter: their mission, they say, to protect presearental ri in public school education. >> you're focused on protecting parental rights or you're going to improve education in your community. >> reporter: their critics say their objective is very different. >> i think things have gone too far, and people are standing up to say, you know, this is my who i say -- my choice, these are my kids as well. >> reporter: a school board member in brevard county florida

unseated. >> the organization was founded by two school board members, and no one has asked them, what did you do while you were in the school board, when you had the power and the opportunity to make these changes you claim are so important to you. >> reporter: she and others say what moms for liberty do care about is control. >> the first deal was masking. the moms for liberty didn't want the kids to wear masks. >> reporter: virginia hamilton was a public schoolteacher for years. she joined the group stop moms for liberty because she feels moms for liberty isn't about liberty at all. >> then it went further. it went into next the book banning. now moms for liberty is pushing for curriculum changes. >> reporter: now, amid a slew of recent and salacious news stories, featuring the group, including a sex scandal of the husband of cofounder, brook ziegler, some say the

significance is waning. >> people are seeing the hypocrisy of the things they advocate for and stand for. >> reporter: moms for liberty insist none of that is hurting their cause. >> i think that was a very sensational headline that went around the world very quickly. that's not, you know, who moms for liberty is. we stay focused on defending parental rights. >> reporter: the numbers tell a different story. according to moms for liberty, in 2022, 55% of the 500 candidates the group endorsed won their race for school board. while in 2023, only 43% of 202 endorsed candidates won seats. they insist they're not losing traction. >> to say it's waning, i think that's ridiculous. we are doing the work we're doing. >> reporter: the group says they're a grass roots organization, not politically motivated at all, yet nearly every presidential candidate attended a summit they had last summer in philadelphia. >> it's because they know that moms are passionate about these

issues. >> reporter: despite their insistence, they're not losing ground, the group has tried expanding into more liberal states, holding a town hall in new york city, met by a protest from local parents. back in florida, educators like jenkins and hamilton both happy the group's influence seems to be waning and are still worried about the long-term effects of what the group started. >> they infiltrated the state legislature, those laws are not going away because moms for liberty goes away. >> we want the teachers to feel like they can teach again. it was all taken away. >> reporter: we counted a single moms for liberty supporter at a school board hearing here in brevard county earlier this week where board members were taking up a number of issues including whether to remove two books that had been challenged. after board members heard from a number of stop moms for liberty supporters, the board decided to keep the books in the classroom.

phil and pop pi. >> great piece. carlos, thank you. president biden hitting the trail, he'll be in wisconsin today touting bidenomics making the case that he is the best to handle the economy. and arizona's gop chairman resigning after a conversation he had with senate candidate kari lake was leaked. we'll tell you about it next.

welcome back, another sign

donald trump's grip on the republican party may be getting tighter and tighter. the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell warned republicans in a private meeting yesterday they're in a quote quandary over the future of any border deal. trump has been encouraging republican lawmakers to sink any bipartisan compromise. >> the pressure seems to be working. several hard line republicans slamming the ongoing negotiations yesterday. they haven't seen any bill text, especially mechancconnell's han of the talks. >> leader mcconnell is really the stage manager of this negotiation, without consulting the conference, he took away most of our leverage by saying we would not even ask to tie ukraine funding to actually securing the border. >> this bill represents senate republican leadership waging war on house republican leadership. >> what do you think of his handling of the ukraine and immigration talks. >> disastrous, it's a total

disaster. it's embarrassing. >> cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox joins us now from washington. lauren, i have been trying, i'm a familiar practiced leader of tea leaves here. i have been trying to figure out exactly what was going on yesterday and what mcconnell said and the fact that it was reported out with you guys, with great peace. is this deal dead? are the talks over? is there still some life here? >> yeah, i think that mcconnell was really nuanced yesterday in this conference meeting behind closed doors. really just laying out the reality to his conference, which is that given the fact that trump is opposed to the deal so far even though a deal doesn't actually exist, given the realities that house republicans are assailing this potential deal even though a deal does not exist, the path in the senate is extremely narrow, and that timing right now is of the essence. i think that mcconnell wasn't saying he was opposed or for anything. he was really just reminding his conference in his sort of soft

touch way that he has used over the last several decades in the senate that this is a good opportunity. but if there isn't a path forward, perhaps this is as far as lawmakers should go. he also acknowledged that there's a quandary when it comes to whether or not the issue of ukraine aid should be linked to the border at all. if that border deal can't get through. mcconnell has always steadfastly been behind getting more money to ukraine, and that is one of miz his top priorities. he's openly acknowledging that there's a real possibility these two things may not be able to move forward together. and i think that that is a really interesting moment. and it's important to keep in mind that he's not particularly saying this is how i think the conference should do thing one way or another. that's not mcconnell's stayle. he's laying out the reality, and many republican senators stood up in that conference meeting, made their opinions known. this was not just mcdonconnell

lecturing his conference. >> what about trump's role in all of this. one of his key points against biden is crisis at the border, as kaitlyn asked mike johnson, how can you keep saying crisis at the border if you don't get behind anything to change it that can pass? >> i think trump is really concerned as some republican senators, some house republicans have openly acknowledged about giving biden any sort of perceived victory, even if this deal doesn't go as far as some republicans want, they don't want this opportunity to be where biden can point to some progress. look, i have already done something on the border. they are afraid that could help joe biden in the election. >> all politics. lauren fox, thank you. well, today, president biden will bring his economic pitch to wisconsin, pretty key state. he's expected to talk up his

administration's economic achievement, including the bipartisan infrastructure bill. it comes a day after a major endorsement from the united auto workers. >> together we're proving what i always believed, wall street didn't build america, the unions built the middle class. that's a fact. >> biden campaign pushing to win over working class voters, union voters in key battleground states like michigan and wisconsin where polls have shown him struggling in a hypothetical rematch with donald trump. treasury secretary janet yellen is going to deliver a major speech today, really focused on what this administration will do to help middle class families with the high cost of living, child care. our matt egan has reporting on that and he joins us this morning. they've got to change the narrative, matt, on biden cometbidenomics

and people feeling it. >> janet yellen and the white house, they want to take credit for the economic comeback from covid. they are being very careful not to declare mission accomplished. that makes sense to me. when you look at the economic indicators, there no doubt bright spots, low unemployment, 40 401(k)s are up. people are feeling better about the economy. they're going to come off as tone deaf if they focus on the positives. there is an affordability crisis. in the major speech by yellen, she's going to flat out say, quote, it is still too hard to be a working parent. she's going to focus on child care, housing, education and note that millions of children were plunged back into poverty when the expanded child tax credit went away. the message from yellen, they're all in on the middle class and their work is not done here. >> the importance of the message, i think, is underscored by great reporting you have done. why is there a disconnect between top line economic

indicators and how people are feeling. explain that. >> i talked to a lot of working parent, and they are frustrated with how expensive life is. housing, child care, saving for college, trying to buy a car. it is a lot. listen to these two working moms talk about how hard it is to try to buy a house in this market while raising kids. >> i feel like we're going to be 50 by the time we buy a house if this is the trajectory that we keep going on, but it seems impossible to get any of our financial goals, like, checked off our list. >> if we could buy a house, we're in our budget, close to the areas where we want to live, it's like a one bedroom, like 560 square feet. how am i going to live in a one bedroom with 560 square feet. i can't get away from anybody. >> the problem is that record high home prices, high mortgage

rates means this housing market is historically unaffordable. this chart shows how mortgage payments are swallowing up a bigger and bigger portion of monthly paychecks. on top of that, child care. that's come up again and again as a problem. it is just increasingly unaffordable to either have day care or a nanny. parents i talked to said these child care costs are not just breaking their budgets, it's causing them to rethink how many kids they can have. >> we heard that in a great piece alisyn camerota did. pull that full screen up again. that is weekly costs. that is not monthly. weekly costs. >> day care up 13%. that's a week. 321 a week, and the nanny's over $750, again, a week. >> thank you, matt. appreciate you bringing it home for us. karine jean-pierre will be in studio live to discuss biden's economic plans. stay with us for that. >> you can go home again.

jon stewart is returning to the daily show. we'll explain why and what it means. >> i can't believe that you're leaving before me, in fact, i'm issuing a new executive order, that jon stewart cannot leave the show.

very excited about this news. just as the presidential race heats up, jon stewart is set to return to comedy central to his old stomping grounds. he will be back at "the daily show" desk that he opened for 16 years where he took politicians and anyone in power, republicans, democrats to task. >> what the. [ bleep ] is wrong with him. it is hard to get mad at donald

trump for saying stupid things. in the same way you don't get mad at a monkey when he throws poop at you at the zoo. i reckon it's time to find out which of these two is just more plain folk. madame secretary. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke, but in debt. >> i still get emotional just thinking about it. >> don't hold it against me that i don't own a single stock or bond. don't hold it that i have no savings account. >> don't hold it against me but my clothes are made of old curtains. >> that was pretty good. >> starting february 12th, stewart will host the show on monday nights, he will also serve as the executive producer. joining us cnn senior media analyst, sarah fischer. people are excited but why? >> two reasons, one his apple tv plus show is canceled so he has some time on his hands, two, i think this is what he's really passionate about, getting in there in an election year and

shaking things up. what better election than to come and shake things up. there are so many funny things to be talking about. we have two geriatric candidates. >> this is a different environment he comes in. an environment where many more people, especially young folks who get their news from not only tiktok but things like "the daily show," but what he does, yes, he pokes fun, but it's also crucially important for people who turn to this show for some of their news and analysis. >> couldn't agree more, poppy, and there are people who are saying cable ratings are going down, he's not going to have the visibility. >> who's saying that? >> that's not a thing, right? but the reality is there was no tiktok the last time that jon stewart helmed the show. now there are so many more opportunities for his monologues to go viral. i think he'll have more impact now than he would have at the height of cable. >> that's fascinating. there's kind of cult followings of certain people that were in the running or we thought were in the running to take over full-time, are they mad, happy,

what happens there? >> he's only doing monday nigh nights, and the other three nights will have rotating hosts. it's going to have the jon stewart flair, and i think they're going to have an opportunity to get educated and trained by jon stewart. if you think about the people in the past who have had the opportunity, the trevor noah's, and samantha bees, they have gone on to have their own shows, sometimes at different networks. i think it's a great opportunity for them, maybe even better than them coming in and hosting it alone. >> one of the many talents jon stewart has is focusing in, diving deep on single issues. this is what he did in some of his remarkable interviews on the apple show, taking politicians to task over key issues like abortion, et cetera. what i also love about him, can you tell i like jon stewart, is fighting for people without a voice. look what he did for first responders, et cetera. do you think we will see him using some of that to platform people that don't have that voice? not just holding the big names to task, but a platform for those folks. >> absolutely, that's his mo, we

should expect to see it on the show. we should expect to see it in everything he's doing around producing the show. by the way, i'm a jersey girl, phil is a jersey guy. jon stewart is the jersey guy. we love it. i think you hit on something big, poppy. because me gives voice, you know, to normal people. there's a big fan dom and a lot of people passionate about him coming back. >> do we think it's going to be monday. if the ratings are bonkers, i think for now, he's not trying to commit to many more days. >> can't go home again, sara fischer, thank you so much. appreciate it. boeing 737 max jets could be back in the skies as soon as this weekend, nearly a month after a door plug blew off a plane mid flight. why y the faa is g giving the e lilight. stayay with h us.

well, it will be a tenure defined by a three and five record against ohio state. jim harbaugh is fresh off a national championship, i'll grant him that, leaving the michigan wolverines, hired to

coach the los angeles chargers. also a return to the chargers, he finished his playing career as a quarterback with the team. the team posting the side by side pictures on x with the caption, meant to be. they even changed their profile picture to the super creepy picture of harbaugh that went viral years ago ago. doc rivers has accepted an offer to be the milwaukee bucs head coach. the 62-year-old last coached the philadelphia 76ers for three seasons before the team announced they were parting ways with him last may. he served as coach of the magic, los angeles clippers, and boston celtics. that team he won a championship with in 2008. i sat down with rivers a couple of months ago to talk about adversity and success he has experienced throughout his life and his coach philosophy that goes way beyond the game of basketball. watch. >> what's the best coaching gig you ever had. >> you know that gets me in trouble, but boston by far.

>> why? >> well, we won a title. >> i think back to the celtics 2008, open your hearts. what's that about? >> i believe for you to be a champion, you have to open up your heart. you have to take a step out. you have to risk, you have to get out of your comfort zone. you have to give yourself to the team. we had this word, a person is a person through other people. i can be all i can be unless you are all you can be. >> we are nothing alone. you can't live in isolation. >> do you think more about the wins or the losses? >> i wish i thought about the wins, that would be great. because i've had so many more wins than losses. you don't think about them. it's a curse. it's a coach's curse. >> you said i'm not going to coach the man you are. i'm going to coach the man you're going to be. >> i'm not going to coach you to who you are today. i'm going to coach you to who you should be some day, and if you can achieve that, then you

will be satisfied, and i won't be satisfied if i don't push you to achieve that. >> you walked in here, i said, hi coach, but do you think in many ways, you're also a teacher? >> i am a teacher. i think that's what a coach is for the most part. you know, i got it wrong. early in coaching, i thought you just coached basketball, and then i realized, no, you coach life. >> that's sort of an anthem of your life. >> yeah, it is. it should be the anthem of everybody's life because, you know, i think most people think success is just like that, and that is not true. this is how it looks. we should understand that. and the bumps are just part of the ride. it really is. >> you know, i also asked him, are you going to coach again in the nba, and he said, i don't know, but i will never say never. >> you knew. >> i knew. >> you knew he was coming back. >> big fan of dock rivers. "cnn this morning" continues right now.